Improved apparatus f,or drying and pressing- pantaloons



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entddffi i JOSEPH BRAUN, OF ROCH E STER, PENNSYLVANIA. Letters Patent No. 85,059, dated December 22` 1868; mitedated December 11, 1.868.

IMPROVE!) v.APPARATUS 'ECR DRYING- 'AND PANTALOONS.

nav-@ n The'Schednle referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the sa'me.

To all whom it ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, J OsnPn BRAUN, of Rochester, in the county ot' Beaver, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Drying and Pressing Pantaloons and Drawers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the combina- ;tion, of the'twomain parts of the metallic core for pantaloons, with th'e pipes, couplings, and adjusting-screws, arranged, combined, and operating in the manner hereinater described, and ,for the purpose set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make .and use my invention, I will proceed to describey its 'construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my speciicationf Figure 1l represents a perspective view of my ,improved metallic core for drying and pressing antaloons and drawers, and represents a pair of pan aloons ar ranged on said core.

Figure 2 is a side View of the. core.

In the drawings- B and B'V represent the two parts ofthe core, which. are, in form, adapted to the form of pantaloons or drawers.

The back-outline of pa'rt B is indicated by the dotted lin'e t.

The innerside of the part B' is made concave, and so arranged as to tit over the back part of the part.

marked B.

'lo the upper end of the part B are secured two pieces, marked e, in which are made' openings, provided with screw-threads, which. are adapted to the screws marked 1, the points of which are pivoted in the pieces e'. On the lower end of'the part B (for eachleglare secured pipes, 3, and on the lower end of the part B are pipes, 2.

The pipes 2 and 3 are connected by a hollow coupling, 4, in the end of which are screw-threads, which correspond to screw-threads on the pipes 2 and 3, and so arranged that, by turning the coupling 4, the pipes will screw into it or out of it, in accordance with the way the coupling is turned, thereby separating or drawing the lower portion of the parts B and B together,

asfmay'be desired. p

v"The upper portion of the core is spread apart -or drawn'to'gether by means of the screwsmarke'd 1.

Tothe lower end of the part B (for each leg) is s ecured a small pipe, marked 5. These small pipes are used for the purpose of carrying off the water formed by the condensation ofthe steam used in the core.

Ou the upper end ofthe part B is a' pipe, A, which is provided with a'plug, h, and on the lower end of each leg of part B is a pipe, O, to which are attached steam-pipes for supplying the core with steam.

To the upper end of the part B are secured straps,

j, andbuckles, which are used, in connection with the band D, for stretching the pantaloons or drawers end- .Ways.

Theband D is provided with a number of small hooks, marked m.

It represents a small piece broken out of the part marked B', for the purpose of showing thatit is hollow.

As the.construction and arrangement of the several parts of my, invention will readily be seen and understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, andl from the foregoing description, I will therefore proceed to describe its operation, which is 'as follows: o

The pantaloons, P, are placed on the core, and then washed or scoured. The hooks m of the ba'nd D are hooked into the pantaloons, as shown in iig. 1, and

the band D is drawn up by the' -straps j, and secured by means of buckles. The legs of the pantaloons are drawndown by means of the palt'marked 11Which is provided with-small hooks7 anda screw, 6. The hooks lmare hooked to the lower part of the legs of the pantaloons, and the point of "the .screw 6, resting against the .lower end of thelegs of the core, can be turned soas to stretch the legs df the'pantaloons lengthways. Having the pantaloons sl cured on the core in the desired manner, and washeI ,A scoured, and then stretched tothe desired degree,through the medium of the straps f and part n, and by spreading the parts B and B', of

` the hollow metallic core,l through the medium of the screws 1 and the coupling-pipe 4,'the pipes C are then attached to any suitable apparatus forgeneratin g steam.

The steam will pass into the part B, of the core, and

from it, through the pipes 2 and 3, into the l.part B', and'thereby heat the core, which will dry the' pantaloons, which, in-drying, shrinks them, thereby causingA 'them to be pressed on'the core by the process of dry# ing and shrinking.

The pipe A is used for allowing the steamin4 the core to escape, and allow a current ot'ar to pass through it, after it is separated from the device supplying it with steam'.

. The advantages of my improvement consist in being able to dry pantaloons or drawers in a very short time,

and retain their original size, notwithstanding the shrinking which follows the process of washing and scouring woollen goods, and the pantaloons, wlienpdry, will be perfectly and evenly pressed, without liability of burning the'cloth.

I do not claim', broadly, a metallic core, with steamL I inside, such device being found in the English patent, No.1o,15c,0f 1844, but

What I do claim', is-

The combination of the part B, concaved part B',

adjusting-screws l, couplings 4, pipes A, C, 2, 3, and 5,' constructed, arranged, andoperating asherein'described, and for the purpose set forth.

i JOSEPH BRAUN.

Witnesses: v'

A. O. JOHNSTON, JAMES J. JOHNSTON. 

